Invitation to Independence Ball for Orange Johnson & Lady

Basic details

Invitation to Independence Ball for Orange Johnson & Lady is print text, with genre ephemera.

The language is English.

Its dimensions are 9.63 in. x 4.56 in..

It was created June 2, 1826.

Worthington Historical Society is the contributor.

You can find the original at Worthington Historical Society.

Background

This invitation was sent to "Orange Johnson and Lady" in June of 1826 for the Independence Day Ball held at Col. James Kilbourn's hall. Orange Johnson (b 1790, d. 1876), was a comb maker by trade from Connecticut. Johnson migrated to Ohio in 1814, attracted to the Worthington Manufacturing Company, friends and family. He married Achsa Maynard (b. 1791, d. 1882) in 1815. James Kilbourn's residence faced the southwest Village Green and his commercial building still stands just south of where the home stood along Main Street (High Street). The ball was hosted by I. S. Wilcox, W. Topping and M.D. Strong.

Subjects

It features the people William Topping, James Kilbourne, Orange Johnson and Achsa Johnson.

It covers the topics early settlers, balls (dance parties) and Fourth of July.

It covers the Worthington neighborhood Old Worthington.

Record details

This file was reformatted digital in the format video/jpeg.

The Worthington Memory identification code is whs1177.

The Worthington Historical Society identification code is 94-U-121.

This metadata record was human prepared by Worthington Libraries on November 11, 2020. It was last updated October 21, 2025.

Copyright

No Copyright - United States

Invitation to Independence Ball for Orange Johnson & Lady from the collections of the Worthington Historical Society (WHS) may be used for educational purposes as long as it is not altered in any way and proper credit is given: "Courtesy of the Worthington Historical Society, Worthington, OH." Prior written permission of the WHS is required for any other use of Invitation to Independence Ball for Orange Johnson & Lady. Contact WHS at info@worthingtonhistory.org to request permission.